My broad beans are flowering and beginning to form small bean pods lower down on the plants. I spent a few minutes yesterday pinching out the tops. Pinching out broad bean tops helps to avoid an infestation of black bean aphid, it also encourages the plants to direct their energy into forming nice big pods of [...]
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Pinch out Broad Bean Tops
Posted by Karen on May 27, 2011
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Meteor Peas in Flower
I’m growing Meteor peas which can be autumn or spring sown, after a disastrous attempt at autumn sowing I decided to wait until March before direct sowing again. This time germination was a success, the plants are romping away and flowering already but my joy has quickly turned to dread because of a pest called Pea Moth. Pea flowers are self [...]
Posted by Karen on April 23, 2011
http://thegardensmallholder.wordpress.com/2011/04/23/meteor-peas-in-flower/
Hit and Miss Gooseberries
I have two Gooseberry bushes, Invicta and Careless. Both have flowered profusely this spring and are now laden with small forming fruits which I will lightly thin towards the end of the month to allow for larger fruits mid summer. Yesterday I noticed some of the fruits on the Careless bush are showing signs of [...]
Posted by Karen on May 16, 2010
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